Brazilian panelmaker Berneck SA has completed ground preparation for the construction of a new wood products complex, to include a 414,000m3/year Siempelkamp MDF line, in Curitibanos, Santa Catarina state.
The initial phase of the complex includes production lines, pine wood sawmill and a biomass cogeneration energy plant. The preparatory work on the 287,000 square metre site began last September and was completed by the end of February this year with a workforce of 74 which has shifted some 1.4 million m3 of rock and earth.
Construction of the plant, whose buildings are due to cover an area of 80m2, is imminent.
